Affordable Care Act (ACA)

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AffordableCare Act

ACA’s transformational reforms provide universal health care for all Americans. Children will no longer be denied coverage due to pre-existing conditions, young adults can stay on their parents’ health plans as dependents until age 26, Medicare participants will have annual check-ups and mammograms, and many uninsured Americans will now have health care coverage.

The League is dedicated to ensuring access to affordable, quality health care for all Americans. We believe that all Americans should have access to a basic level of care, including disease prevention, primary care (including prenatal and reproductive health), acute long-term care, mental health care and health promotion and education.

The League opposes the motion to proceed on the Better Care Reconciliation Act, which will eliminate affordable quality health care for 22 million Americans by gutting the Affordable Care Act and slashing funding for Medicaid. The League urges Senators to support the parliamentarian’s ruling excluding the defunding of Planned Parenthood from the reconciliation bill.

The League joined a letter urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to prioritize outreach and enrollment for limited English proficient persons, persons with disabilities, persons who are younger and others who may need additional assistance in Open Enrollment 4 or Special Enrollment Periods.

The League sent an updated memo to the U.S. House of Representatives regarding legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The memo reiterates the League's support for quality affordable health care for all American, protections for those with preexisting conditions and prevention of discriminatory costs for women.

Before the House's failed attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the League joined other organizations on a letter to Speaker Ryan and Leader Pelosi opposing policies in the American Health Care Act (AHCA) that undermined the Medicare program’s finances and threatened access to needed services for people with Medicare.